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Britain's last surviving First World War veteran Claude Choules says war was boring

Claude Choules, Britain's last surviving veteran of the First World War, shrugged off his achievement and described the war as boring.

His measured reaction was typical, according to his daughter Anne Pow, 80.

Her father had often told her that war was mostly very tedious punctuated by moments of extreme danger, she said.

Mr Choules is one of three First World War veterans still alive. The other two are Frank Buckles, a 108-year-old American, and Canadian John Babcock, 109, who both live in the United States. Neither Mr Buckles nor Mr Babcock saw active combat.


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